A New Year's Day domestic dispute in Florida put a suspect wanted in Ohio behind bars.

Kenneth W. Buffkin, 46, has been wanted in Ohio since April 2009 on a warrant charging him with failure to register his address. He had been known to live in Lake Township in Stark County and the Pensacola, Fla., area.

Buffkin was convicted in 1996 in Escambia County, Fla., of lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 16, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement records.

He registered most recently as a sex offender with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in October. But he had been living in Ohio in recent years, where authorities say he had failed to register his change of address, court records show.

On Dec. 9, Buffkin was named the U.S. Marshals most wanted violent fugitive because they had an outstanding warrant for his arrest in Stark County. The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force began to look for him.

He was found Jan. 1 in Florida — when he was arrested by the Escambia County Sheriff's Department.

Jail records there show he was arrested on a charge of stalking by domestic violence.

The records show he went to a relative's trailer after he cut his right ring finger and, when the woman "did not show any attention" to him, he "got into (her) face attempting to intimidate her."

At some point, she called police. He ran from the home.

She reportedly told police that he returned after they had left and then began throwing things at her, including a beer bottle, striking her. A 23-year-old neighbor told deputies that Buffkin threatened to kill her and one of Buffkin's relatives.

Buffkin was arrested, treated at Sacred Heart Hospital for the injury and released into police custody.